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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Narayan Venkatsubramanian, North Billerica, MA (US);
Terry D. Dontje, Maynard, MA (US);
Steve Sistare, Westford, MA (US);
Narayan Venkatsubramanian, North Billerica, MA (US);
Terry D. Dontje, Maynard, MA (US);
Steve Sistare, Westford, MA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for efficient connection establishment and use for message passing on a single symmetric multiprocessor node or on a cluster of symmetric multiprocessor nodes is provided. Further, a method of memory management for message passing on a single symmetric multiprocessor node or on a cluster of symmetric multiprocessor nodes is provided. The invention utilizes dynamic memory allocation for both memory needed for messages and acknowledgment memory segments. Moreover, a method for reclaiming memory used to send a message or piece thereof is provided.